Friday, January 17, 2014

foreigner opening a business entity in USA



http://www.delawareregisteredagent.com/delaware-virtual-office.html



To establish a company in USA it is not required to be neither a resident nor citizen to form company in USA.
 Non-USA Resident has to follow the following guidelines.
 They are required to have a physical address Any legal person can be a registered agent of entity.
 PO Box is not acceptable
 To maintain company which are required to file yearly annual report To keep that company in a good standing it is required to file State Taxes if applicable,
 Federal Taxes Being a Non-Resident USA, it will only be liable for State and federal taxes 
and it may not be required to pay USA Social Security and Medicare Taxes
 They can either form a C-Corporation, sole proprietor or an LLC but not an S-Corporation, because to form an s-corporation they have to be a resident or a citizen
 But the C-Corporation can be converted any time to an S-Corporation once the individual get the status mean become a permanent resident of USA
 There is no limitation to open a bank account as a non-us-resident 
There is no restriction to hire employees under their entity Non-resident USA can open a foreign entity of their existing oversees company to conduct business in USA,
 or if they have the same members or shareholders then they can open a separate entity.
 It will serve the same purpose
 To create a foreign entity of existing oversees company they have to obtain certificate of good standing/certificate of existence or certificate of status that the company is legally registered
 To create a foreign entity, existing company has to be in a good standing to execute a business

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